The lowest fi story ever told

[rahock]

I had an old Panasonic boom box cassette recorder that an old girlfriend bought me in the mid 70s with two little built in condenser mics that was amazing.
I would set it up somewhere near the middle of the room and as far away from the amps as I could without having anything major blocking the path of the sound, turn it on and walk away. Everything came out suprisingly good. The vocals would lose the crispness of the echo and/or chorus on the PA, but that 's something that gets lost in just about any tight spaced high volume live recording regardless of what equipment you're using.
Rick

[nofi]

yeah terr i'm frequently operating below lo, in the land of no.

[pamlicojack]

If I start playing live again I need to find some digital recorder that will replace that thing. From what I've read there are a few that easily could, but back then that Tascam was magic.

Try the Zoom H4. 

I use an H2 to record interviews and it's great.  We use an H4 to record new music during practice so we can remember what it's supposed to sound like...